housing costs · North Carolina
Housing costs in Buncombe County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,362 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,281 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,209 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,094 | ± $29 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $391,800 | ± $8,308 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $360,000 | ± $8,511 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $328,900 | ± $7,143 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $273,900 | ± $6,009 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.6 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.5 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.5 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.3 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Buncombe County is $1,362, above the North Carolina median of $886 across 100 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.